Video: A song from 'Wicked'

This Theater Loop Showcase video is “Wicked,” the touring Broadway musical currently onstage at the Oriental Theatre. Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, which is in turn based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz," "Wicked" sees Elphaba (Alison Luff), the future Wicked Witch of The West, and Galinda (Jenn Gambatese), the eventual Glinda the Good, meet as young girls at school. Despite their social differences — one is popular and the other is, well, green — they form an unlikely bond. In this song, “For Good,” the duo reflects on the lingering power of friendship, and the importance of sticking together through thick and thin. “Wicked” plays the Oriental Theatre through December 21. For tickets, visit www.broadwayinchicago.com.

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